Dad of murdered child grooming victim received chilling ‘be careful’ threat before family was killed in arson attack as ‘cops ignored pleas to prosecute killer’

Lucy Lowe was 16 and pregnant with her second child when she was killed in an arson attack on their home

By Gemma Mullin

13th March 2018, 1:06 am

Updated: 13th March 2018, 9:13 am

THE father of a murdered schoolgirl linked to a child grooming epidemic has revealed he received a threat to "be careful".

Lucy Lowe was 16 and pregnant with her second child when she was killed along with mum Eileen, 49, and sister Sarah, 17, in an arson attack on their Telford home.

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Lucy Lowe was 16 when she was killed in an arson attack started by her 26-year-old taxi driver 'boyfriend' and father of her child

The house fire was started by Lucy’s 26-year-old taxi driver boyfriend, Azhar Ali Mehmood, who was later jailed for life for the murders – but was never arrested or charged over sex abuse.

The couple’s 15-month-old daughter, who had been moved to safety before the fire was lit, was found wrapped in a blanket under a tree in the back garden.

Lucy's father George, who survived that arson attack along with his granddaughter Tazneem, has now said police received a call from an untraceable pay-as-you-go handset, warning that he needed to "be careful".

Mr Lowe, who lives just outside Telford, told The Daily Mail: "A police officer visited me and said they would be implementing security measures at my home as a result of this phone call.

Azhar Ali Mehmood was jailed for life after being convicted of three counts of murder

Lucy's uncle, Ed Lowe, says her murder should have alerted authorities to the town's scandal - thought to be one of the worst of its kind in modern Britain.

The 60-year-old, from Telford, told the Mirror: “Mehmood had sex with an underage girl. I raised it with police when she died but nothing ever came of it. I’ve never got my head around that. Why has he never been punished for it?

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The home of Lucy Lowe, 16 which was set on fire by Azhar Mehmood, killing the teen, her sister and their mum

“He might call himself her boyfriend but she was underage. Why weren’t social services involved? This should have raised alarm bells. I believe this is still ongoing.”

He added: “Now he is up for parole after taking three lives and ruining a fourth. I asked victim support why he had not been prosecuted for child abuse. They told me he was prosecuted for the most serious crime. He should not come out.”

The 73-year-old said cops were called from an untraceable pay-as-you-go phone last week warning that the pensioner needed to "be careful".